The last four months,residentsaroundMountBromocan notmovenormally.I do not knowhowmanylossesandhowmanypartiesareharmeddue tothisincrease instatusof MountBromo.

Opened again

Since late March, the Government of Probolinggo regency with Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park began to open tourist sites in the region. Tourist routes no longer use the old path (rising up to the lip of the crater), but by creating a new path beyond the circumference of two kilometers of the specified safe volcanology.

Type of new tourist attractions to offer is sand ocean eruption of Mount Bromo with views of the main cloud of smoke coming out of the mountain. Tourists will be treated to a panorama of smoke as high as 600 meters gray. At night, incandescent material sometimes appear out of the crater of Bromo.

In addition, the volcano Mount Mentigen charm and tourist attractions dukuh Chrysanthemum. On the hill Mentigen, tourists can see sunrise and sunset (located in the vicinity of the post monitor Mount Bromo).

"We opened the eruption of Mount Bromo tour packages have been consulted on volcanology experts and managers Bomo Tengger Semeru National Park. So this tour certainly safe from tourists follow signs and instructions given, "said Hasan Aminuddin.

Since the eruption of Mount Bromo end of last year, according to Chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association Branch Probolinggo, Digdoyo, hotel occupancy rates in Bromo down to 50 percent of the total 310 rooms.

"First of normal occupancy 70 percent, then dropped to only about an 30-percent. Now tourists started a lot and about 50-60 percent occupancy rate. Hopefully the opening of tourism sand ocean eruption of Mount Bromo, the economic conditions improve, "said Digdoyo....